Cobblers hopeful of making new signing 'quite soon'
Kevin Nolan says he is ‘hopeful’ of adding to his squad ‘quite soon’ after Cobblers’ relegation fears grew with defeat at Blackpool on Saturday.
Although it was apparent at the start of the window, and then again when instrumental loanee Ethan Wheatley returned to Manchester United, the need to strengthen in attack has become increasingly urgent due to Town’s worrying form. Defeat at Bloomfield Road, suffered in all-too familiar circumstances, made it six without a win in League One.
They have failed to score in four of those six games and remain the second lowest scorers in the division, just above rock-bottom Port Vale, which only serves to underline their ongoing struggles in the final third.
"We’re hopeful that we might get one in quite soon but we’ll be working right until the end of the window,” said Nolan. “We know we’ve lost Ethan Wheatley – can we get someone of his quality? Or someone that we believe in to replace him? That’s the difficult bit.
"That’s the challenge but there’s not a lot out there to be honest and that’s why there’s not much going on at the moment. I think a lot of people will become available towards the end of the window and, when that happens, we have to make sure all the finances work, but we’ll definitely be working hard to get one in.”